Scientific Commons: Brendon J. Brewer

Entropic Priors and Bayesian Model Selection (2009)

We demonstrate that the principle of maximum relative entropy (ME), used judiciously, can ease the specification of priors in model selection problems. The resulting effect is that models that make...

Gaussian Process Modelling of Asteroseismic Data (2009)

Brewer, Brendon J., Stello, Dennis

The measured properties of stellar oscillations can provide powerful constraints on the internal structure and composition of stars. To begin this process, oscillation frequencies must be extracted...

A molecular Einstein ring at z = 4.12: Imaging the dynamics of a quasar host galaxy through a cosmic lens (2008)

Riechers, Dominik A., Walter, Fabian, Brewer, Brendon J., Carilli, Christopher L., Lewis, Geraint F., Bertoldi, Frank, ...

We present high-resolution (0.3") Very Large Array imaging of the molecular gas in the host galaxy of the high-redshift quasar PSS J2322+1944 (z = 4.12). These observations confirm that the molecular...

Applications of Bayesian Probability Theory in Astrophysics (2008)

Brewer, Brendon J

Bayesian Inference is a powerful approach to data analysis that is based almost entirely on probability theory. In this approach, probabilities model {\it uncertainty} rather than randomness or...

Applications of Bayesian Probability Theory in Astrophysics (2008)

Brewer, Brendon J.

Bayesian Inference is a powerful approach to data analysis that is based almost entirely on probability theory. In this approach, probabilities model {\it uncertainty} rather than randomness or...

The Implications of the Early Formation of Life on Earth (2008)

Brewer, Brendon J.

One of the most interesting unsolved questions in science today is the question of life on other planets. At the present time it is safe to say that we do not have much of an idea as to whether life...

Unlensing HST Observations of the Einstein Ring 1RXS J1131-1231: A Bayesian Analysis (2008)

Brewer, Brendon J., Lewis, Geraint F.

We present a source and lens reconstruction for the optical Einstein ring gravitational lens system RXS J1131-1231. We resolve detail in the source, which is the host galaxy of a $z=0.658$ quasar,...

A Molecular Einstein Ring at z=4.12: Imaging the Dynamics of a Quasar Host Galaxy Through a Cosmic Lens (2008)

Riechers, Dominik A., Walter, Fabian, Brewer, Brendon J., Carilli, Christopher L., Lewis, Geraint F., Bertoldi, Frank, ...

We present high-resolution (0.3") Very Large Array (VLA) imaging of the molecular gas in the host galaxy of the high redshift quasar PSS J2322+1944 (z=4.12). These observations confirm that the...

Getting Your Eye In: A Bayesian Analysis of Early Dismissals in Cricket (2008)

Brewer, Brendon J.

A Bayesian Survival Analysis method is motivated and developed for analysing sequences of scores made by a batsman in test or first class cricket. In particular, we expect the presence of an effect...

A molecular Einstein ring at z = 4.12: imaging the dynamics of a quasar host galaxy through a cosmic lens (2008)

Riechers, Dominik A., Walter, Fabian, Brewer, Brendon J., Carilli, Christopher L., Lewis, Geraint F., Bertoldi, Frank, ...

We present high-resolution (0.3") Very Large Array imaging of the molecular gas in the host galaxy of the high-redshift quasar PSS J2322+1944 (z=4.12). These observations confirm that the molecular...

Solar-like oscillations in the G2 subgiant beta Hydri from dual-site observations (2007)

Bedding, Timothy R., Kjeldsen, Hans, Arentoft, Torben, Bouchy, Francois, Brandbyge, Jacob, Brewer, Brendon J., ...

We have observed oscillations in the nearby G2 subgiant star beta Hyi using high-precision velocity observations obtained over more than a week with the HARPS and UCLES spectrographs. The oscillation...

Bayesian Inference from Observations of Solar-Like Oscillations (2006)

Brewer, Brendon J., Bedding, Timothy R., Kjeldsen, Hans, Stello, Dennis

Stellar oscillations can provide a wealth of information about a star, which can be extracted from observed time series of the star's brightness or radial velocity. In this paper we address the...

Solar-like oscillations in the metal-poor subgiant nu Indi: Constraining the mass and age using asteroseismology (2006)

Butler, R. Paul, Bouchy, Francois, Brewer, Brendon J, Eggenberger, Patrick, ...